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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-05-18, Page 6PAGE EiGHT. THE SEAFORTH NEWS; 'THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1933 (Continued from last week.) "Madam," I said to Lady Wy'a'tt, "I have been watching your ladyship's face, Will you tell •me,why it is so full of pity, and why there are tears ,in your eyes?" She shrank back in her chair with a little cry, and Rolfe stepped toward one, then turned sharply aside. "I` can- not!" he oried, "I knee,— drew now , - drew myself up to meet the blow, !whatever it :tight be. "I demand of you my wife,' Sir Francis Wyatt," I said. "Lf there is f11 news to he told, be so good as to tell it .quickly. If she is sick, or hath been sent away to ,England"- The Governor made as if to speak, :then turned and flung out his hands to his wife. " 'Tis woman's work, Marg- aret!" he cried. "Tell him!" More merciful than the men, she came to me at once,the tears running downher' cheeks, and laid one trendbl- in'g hand upon my arin. "She was a brave lady, Captain Percy," she said, "Bear it as she would have bad you bear it." • "I arn Bearing it, madam," T answ- ered at length. "S'he was a very lady.' -1•Iay it please your ladyship to go on?" "I will tellyou all, 'C'aptain Percy; 1 will tell you everything. . . She never believed you dead, and she beg- ged upon her knees that we would al- low her to go in -search of you with !\faster Rolfe. That could not be; my :husband, in duty ,to the Company, could not let her have her evil]. Mas- ter Rolfe we'l't, and she sat in the win- dow, yonder, day after day, watching for his return. When other parties :vent out, she besought' the men, as they .had wives whom they loved, to search as though those loved ones were in captivity and danger; when they grew weary and fainthearted, to think of her face waiting in the win - dew. . Day after' day she sat there watching kr them to come bacic =when they were come, then she watched the river for !Master Rolfe's heats. Then came word clown the riv- er that he had found no trace of you whom he ;ought. that he was on his way 'back to Jamestown, that he too ielievsd ynti dead. . We put a watch upon her after that, for we !cues not what, there was such a light and purpose in her eyes. But two nights ago, in the middle of the night, the woman who stayed in her chamber fell asleep. When she awoke before the dawn, it was to find her gone." "To find her gone?" 'I said dully. "To find' her dead?" She locked her hands together and the tears came faster. 'Oh, 'Captain Percy, it had been better sol—it had been 'better sol Then would she have lain to greet you, calm and white, un- marred and beautiful, with the spring flowers upon her. . . ,She believed not that you were dead; she was dis- traught with grief and watching; she thought thatlove nigher find wh'at •friendship missed; she went to the forest to seek you. They - that were sent to find and 'bring her back have never returned"—t "Into the forest!" 1 cried. "Jocelyn, Jocelyn, Jocelyn, come beck!" Some one pushed me into a chair, and I 1ailt the warmth of wine within my lips.' In the :,moment 'that 'the world. :steadied 'T rose and went toward the door to find my way barred by Rolfe. "Not you, too, !Ralph!" he cried. "I will not let yon go. Look for yourself." 'He drew me to the window, M'as'ter ;Sandys gravely making place for us. From the window was visible the neck of land and the :forest beyond, and. from the forest, up 'an'd down the ri- ver as far as the eye could reach, rose here and there thin columns of smoke. Suddenly, as we st'ared,``three or four white smoke tpuffs, like giant flowers, started out of the shadowy woods ac - rase, the neck. Following ' the crack of Ithe.ines.kets-fired out of pure brav- ad'o ,by their 'Indian owners -'came the •ydlIi lg of the Savages. The sound was ,prollolelged and deep, as though issuing from many throats. • 1 looked and listened, and knew that rI could n'o't go nol, now. "She Was not atone; Ralph," said ,with his arm about me. "On the mer- iting that She was missed, they found not Jeremy Siparro'w either. They tracked them both to !the forest by the footprints uponv the sand, though once in the wood the trail was !lost The nvnislter nitwit have bteen watch- ing, must have seen her leave the 'house, and must have followed her. How she, and he after her, passed through the gates, none knew. So .careless and confident had we grown' =Good forgive es! -.hat they may have been left open all thalt night, iBu't he was with her, ,Ra1plh; she had not to face it alone—"His voice broke. For 'myself, 'I was glad that the minister had been there, though I knew that for him also 1• should grieve after a while. Alt the firing and shouting West had rushed from the room, followed by 'his fellow 'Councillors, and now the Governor clapped on his headpiece and called for his men to bring his !back -and -breast. His wile hung a- round his neck, and he ba'd'e her good -by with great tenderness . I looked' dully on that parting. 1 too was going to battle. Once I had tasted such a farewell, the pain, the •sweetness, but never again, never again. j ! slier t' IHe went, and the Treasurer, after a few words of comfort to Lady Wy- att, was gone also. Bath were merci- ful, and spoke not tome, bat only !bowed and turned aside, requifring no answering word or .motion of mine. When they were away, and there was no sound in the room 'save the caged. bird's singing and Lady 'Wyabt's low sobs, 'I begged Rolfe to 'leave me, telling him that he was needed, as in- deed he was, and. that I would stay in i the window for a while, and then I would join him at the palisade. ,Ile was loath to go; bat he too had loved ath-mand lost, and knew that there is nada- ; ing ing to he saki, and that it is best to be alone. iHe tient, and only Lady ''Wyatt and I kept the .quiet roam with the singing" bird and the 'sunshine on the floor. I leaned against the window and leaked out into the street, -which Was 'not 'crowded now, for the men were all at their several poets,—and at the budding trees, and at the smoke- of many fires going up from the forest to the sky, from a world of hate and ,pain and woe to the heaven whore` she dwelt, and then I turned and went to ,the tablet where had been set: 'bread and meat and wine, At thesound of my: footstep Lady Wyatt uncovered her face. "Is- there aught that 'I can do for you, sir?" she asked timidly. I "I have not broken my fast for (many hours, madam," I answered. "I would eat and drink, that I .may not is .be found wanting in strength. 'There • " a thing than "I have yet tomo. :Rising from her chair, she brushed away her tears, ansi coming' to the I( table With a little housewifely eager- ness would not let me wait upon my- se'l'f, but carved and poured for m;e,. and then sat down opposite me and covered her eyes with her hand. "I think that the !Governor is quite safe, madam," I said. "I do not believe tth'at the Indians will take the palisade. It may even he that, knowing we aie prepared, they will not attack at all. ;Indeed, I think thatyou may the easy about him," She thanked me with a smile. "'Iit is all so strange and d'readfuI 10 ,me,sir," she said. 'IAA my home, in England, it was like a"Sunday morning all the year round,—all stillness and peace; no terror, no alarm. I fear that I 'am "Mister, I boe'ht sax hens this fore- noon an' ye've only sent five;,where's rio ither bird?" ` s'he'll be .alostg the nicht. Ye see she disnia lacy til7'flternoon." No tehild s'houid be allowed to suff- er an hour from worms when prompt relief oan the .got bit a sinilple brut strong remedy — 'Mother 'Graves' (Worm Encterminatoa•, , • pot yet a good Virginian." When T ,had. -eaten, and had drunk ilhe wine she gave. me, I rose, arid' ask- ed her if I might not see her safe wi thin the fort before I joined her Mus' hand at the ,palisade. !She'shoollc her. head, and told .me that there were with her faithful servatrtis; and that, if the savages broke in upon thetown she would have warning do time to flee, the font being so close at h'and. When I thereupon begged her leave to de- part, she curtsied" M rte, and then, again-.wdtth teats, ,carne to mei. and took my hand in 'hers. "I (know that there'. is naught that I oan say, . Your wife loved you sir, with all her heant." She drew something from the 'bosom of her gown. "'Would. you like this? lit is a knot •olf rib'b'on that .she wore. They found it caught in a bush at the edge elf the forest," 13 took the ribbon fnom her and put it to my lips, then unkn!o!tte'd it and tied it around nay 'arm; and then, wearing my wi'fe's .colors, I •wenit soft- ly- out inbo the sbreet„ and turned my 'face !award .the guest house and the man whom I meant to .kill. :CHIAIPITIER XXXiVII 'The. door of ithe guest house stood wide and within the lower room, were neither meea that drank nor nien that gave to drink. 'Host and drawers and chance .guests aii'ke had left pipe ,and tankard for 'sword and musket, and were gone'. to fort or•.p'alisa'de or river bank. . I crossed bhe empty roam and went up the creaking stairway. Ne one met roe or withstood ole;' only a 'Pigeon perched upon the sill of a sunny win- dow whirred off into the. 'bitee. I glanced out .of the windotw as 1 par's'ed it ,and sa'wthe silver river' anal the iGeorge and the Esperan'ce, with the gunners at tehe gums 'watdh'img for In- dian canoes, and saw smoke .eisin.g from the forest on the southern shore. There had been, three houses there,— John West's and Minnifie's :and Gra- Shaw's. I .Wondered if imine were burn- ing, toxo, at Weyao'oke, and cared neat 11 'twas so. The door of the upper roam was shut. When I raised the latch and pushed against it, it gave at the top and middle, but there was some pres- sure from within at the bottom. I pushed again, more stron'gl'y, and the door opened slowly, moving away whatever thing had lain before it. An- other moment, and I vias in the roioln and had chased and barred the door behind me. • The weight that had ap'pased me was bhe !body of the Italian, lying farce downwards, upon the floor. I stooped' and turned it over and saw that the venomous spirit had flown. The face. was purple and distorted; the lips were drawn back from the teeth in a dreadful smile. There was in the room a:faintt, peculiar, not unpleasant odor. It did not Seem strange to me to find that serpent, which had coiled ,in my, path, dead and harmless for evermore. Death had been busy o'f fate; if he struck down the flower, why should he spare the 'tiring that I puslhed ou't of my way with my foot? (Ten feet from the door stood. a great screen, hiding from view all that might be beyond,. It was very quiet in the room, with the sunshine coming through the window, and a breeze that smelt of the sea. I had not cared to walk lightly or to close the door softly, and yet no voice had challeng- ed my entrance. For a minute T fear- ed to find .thedead physician the only occupant of the room; then I passed the screen and carne upon my enemy. He was sitting beside a 'table, with his arms alrls:tre'tchcd and his head bowed upon them, My footfall did not rouse him; he sat there in the sun- shine: as still as the .figure that lay be- fore the threshold. I thought with a dull fury that maybe he was -dead al- ready and 1 walked hastily and heav- ily across the floor to the table. He was a livninig, man for with the !fingers of one hand he Was slowly etritking. againsta sheet of paper that lay -he - 'teeth them. He knew not that I stood above 'helm; he was listening tp other fadtsltep's. The paper was a letter, unfolded and written over with ,great tblaok charac- ters. The few lines above these 'n lov- ing fingers stared me in the face. They ran thus: "I told you 'that you had as we'll cut your throat as go amen hh:a't mad Virginia- voyage, Now all's gone,--•weallth, honors, favor. Buck- ingham is the sun in heaven, and cold are the slhiado'ws in which we walk eh") hailed another luminary. There's a warrant Out 'for the Black Death; book to it that one meets not you too, 'when you (co'm'e at last. But come, in the name of all the [fiends, and play y'o'ur Last card. There's your cinrsed (beauty spill. Game, and let the king behold your face' once ;:vote'T:he rest was !ridden. II put out my 'bland and touched hila upon the shoniderand d he raised his head and stared at me as at one come from the grave. Over one side off his face, from temple to dhin, was drawn and fast- ened a black cloth; the unharmed cheek was bloodless and shrunken, the lip twisted. Only the eyes, dark, sin- ister e anal splendid,were as the h. 'been 7 dig not m Y had y' graves leen en - eagle" he said. "Is she hehind you there in the slhadroiw?" 'I`1itat'g across a chair was a cloak of scarlet cloth. I; book it and spread it out upon the floor, then uinsheatthed a dagger which I had taken from the rack o'f weapons in the G'overnor's 4tal'i. "(Loosen thy Poniard, thou vias= serer," I cried, ""a'nd come stand with ane u'pon the cloak." "'Art, quick or dead?" sae answered, 'I will not fight the dead."' IIe had net moved in his ,seat, and therewas a lethargy and a dulln'ess in his voice ,and eyes. "'a -there is time enough," 'h'e said. I too will soon be of thy world,. thou hag•ga?d, bloody -shape. Wahl, un- til I come, and'f will fight thee, 'shad- ow to shadow," "II am not dead," I said, "chat there is one that is. 'Stand up, Villain and murderer, or I will kill' you sitti'ng, with her blood nipon your Hands!"' !He r'o'se at reheat, and drew his dag- ger 'from the slhelalth. I ;'l'a'id aside .ray doublet, and''he followed nay example; but hues hands :volved listlessly and his fingers - bungled at the fa'stenings. I waited for hdsn in so'nie w'onder, it not being like him to'come tardily to such pastime. l ' IHe came alt -length, slowly and with an untcertta'in step, and we stood to gether on the s'carle't cloak. I raised my kit aurin and he raised his, and we lacked ehateds. Tlhere was no 'strength in his teliasp; his. Nand Lay within mine cold and languid. !"Atrt ready?" I de - "Yea," he answered in a strange voice, "but I would. . that [she did,. not stand ,there ,evibh her head upon your bre'a'st,. . , 1 . too loveld'. thee, Joce-. lymy—lJ!okelyn Tying dead in the 'for- est!" I s'truldk at him with' the dagger ie my right hand, and wounded •hint, b'vt not deeply, in the side. H'egave ibllow for blow, but his poniard scarce drew blood, so nerveless was the arm that would have driven fit h'o'me. I s'truc'k again, and he ataibbed weakly at the air, then let his arm drop to his side, as though the light and jeweled 'blade had weighed it down, !Loosening the clasp of our left hands, I 'fell baok until the narrow scarlet field w»as-•'between us"Heart no more strength than that?"I cried, "I cannot murder you`!" -He stood looking past me as into a !great d'i'stance. He was bleeding, but :I hid as yet been able to strike no mortal blow, `lLt as you choose," he said. "I am as one bound before you," (Turning, he went back, 'swaying as he walked, to his chair, and sinking into it sat there a minute with half- elosed eyes; then raised his !head'and looked at me, wftih a shadow of the old arrogaiice, pride, and disdain upon his scarred face. "Not yet, •captain? 'he demanded. "To the heart, man!" So I would strike an you sat here an•d I stood there," "I :knew you would," I said, and going to the window. I flung the dag- ger down into the empty street; then stood ails ;watched the smoke across the river, and thought it strange that the sun shone and the birds sang, When I turned to the room again, he still sat there in the great chair, a tragic, splendid !figure, with his ruined face, and the seinen 'roe of his eyes, "1 had sworn to kill you," I said, 'It is not just' that you 'should .live," He ;gazed at me with something Jike a smile upon his bloodless lips, "'Fret not thyself, Ralph Percy," he said, "1.,Vithin a week I shall be goiie. Did you see my servant, my Italian doc- tor, lying dead upon the floor, t'her: beyond the screen? He had poisons, had Nicolo whom men called the Black De'ath,-poisons swift and strong, or subtle and slow. 'D'ay and night, the earth and sunshine have be- come hateful to Inct, I will go to the fires of hell, 'and see if they can m'alce me' forget,—can make me target the face olf a wom,an.." He vias speaking half to me, half to himself. "Her' eyes. are dark andlarge," he said, "and there are shadolws beneath them;, and the nark of tears. She stands there day and fright with her 'eyes upon me. Her lips a'e parited, but she never speaks, There ,was a way that she 'had with her hands, 'holding them one within the other, thus"— 1 s'tdplped him with a cry for. sit- erece, and I leaned trembling against the table. "Thou wretch!" I cried. "Thou are her n'urd'ererl'; • IHe raised his head and looked :be- yond me with that strange, faint smile., "I know,"' he replied; with the dignity which washis at times, "You .may play the headsman, if you chn'olse. I dispute not your right. Bout it is scarce worth while. 1 have taken poiskin." The .sunshine oalme into the room, and the wind 'tram the river, and The 'trumpet notes df swamis flying to, the north. "The •George is ready for :sail- ing," he said at last. "To -morrow or the next day she will be going borne with the tidings _ of this massacre. I Ish'all go 'with her, and within a week'. they will hery me at sea. There is a stealthy, slow and seceet poison. I would not die' in a land wlhere I have lost every throw of the dice, and I Would not die in England for Buck- ingham to come and look upon my lace, :and so I took that pois,ou. Fax the :Van tipion the floor, there, !pris'on, and death awaited him at home. He chose to flee at oarce. He ceased to Sneak, <ansi sat \witth his head bowed upon has breast. "1361 you are contef t tli'at it should .be as it is;" he said at length,, "perhaps you will leave nie? 1 ami not. good ,comp- any to -day," Ilia hand was busy again with the letter upon the-falble•r and his gaze was ifiteed' upon me. "I have lost," 'he nuitterelci , lBidw I nom ;to play my cards so 'badly I do not know. The stake was thoavy,—lI have not where- withal to Allay again;' (His 'head •sanIic upon' his oustretc6ned arm.,A:s far ore, I stead al Minute with set lips and cleiilcpied hands, and !them ei tumid arid went out of the twain and diowin the sltair into the street, In the dust Ibeuoath the window lay my dagger, I pidlceld It up, sheathed it, and went ;nmy. way. The street was very' quiet. Ahi win- do!ws and odors -were closed' and bar- red; not a soul was there to trouble me with lo'oik ar tspeedh. The yelling from the 'forelstt had ceased; only have •keen wind Blew and brought frotn ,the Esperance apron the.'river a smiled of singing. The sola was (the home Of the merle uplo'n her ,decks, anid their heart's dwelt not .in this port; they could, sing. ,While ` the smoke went tip from. our, hldfnes and 'the dead lay *rasa the thresholds. • iI wend on through the sunshine and the 'stillness to .the minister's house The trees in the garden were hare; the flowers dead. Tihe dolor was ntott.:barr- edt I entered the house and went into dhe 'grrlat, room and flung the heavy Shutter's wide, then sltood and' loloked about me.. Naught was changed; it was as we had 'left it that. wild Nov- ember night. Even the ,m'irnior Which, one outer night, htald slhow'n me bea- con •sitill hung upon the wall. Master Backe had been seldom at hone, per - limps, ate was feelble and darelesls of al'terin'g matters. All was as though we had been butt an 'hour goine, save that, no fire burned upon the hearth. II went, to ithe 'table, and the :books upon it were Jeremy Sparrow's: the minister's house, then, had been, his (hone once more. Beside the books lay a packet, tied with silk, s'e'aled and ad- dressed to toe. Perhaps the Governor had given it, the day 'befoire, into Mas- ter Buake's care,—I do not 'know.; at any ,rate, there it lay. I lo'o'ked' at the "By the Espena'nice" upon the cover, and wondered dully who at home 'w=o'u'ld care to write to me; then broke the seal and, untied' [the silk, Within the cower was a letter with the super- scription, "To a G'entle:Mae who has served me weal." 1 read the letter th'rou'gh to the sig- nature, which was that olf his Grace of Buckingham, and 'then I ;laughed, who had never thought oto laugh again,. and threw..tthe paper down. It matter- ed naught to .me now that George Vile liensShould be grateful, or that James •Stew!art could deny a favorite noth- ing. "The- Ring gradiously !sanctions the marriage ofhis sometime 'ward, the Lady Jocelyn 'Leigh, wibh Cap- tain R'alplh Percy; invites them home" She was gone .home, and I her, hos- band, I Who loved her, was left be- hind. How many years of pilgrim- age , haw long, haw long, , 0 Lord?, .The minister's great armchair was drawn 'before the cold and: blackened hearth. I -ow often site had sat there within its dark clasp fthe firelight on her dress, her hands, her face! She had been fair to look upon; .the pride; the daring, the willfulness, were 'but 'the thorns about the rose; behind the defences was the flower, pure and lovely, with a heart of gold. I flung myself dawn 'beside the chair, and, ,p•utting my arms across it, hicl• my face upon theist, and coulii weep at PROFESSIONAL CARDS Medical DR. H.• HUGE ROSS, r Physician and "Surgeon..Late of London' Hoa- pital, London, . England. ,Special attention to diseases of the eye, ens, nose and 'throat. Office and resi- dence behind Dominion Bank. Office- Phone No. 5; Residence Phone 104.' (That passion spent itself„ and I lay with my face against "the wood and 'well-nigh sle'p't; The battle was done; the field was lost; the storm:` and stress of Life had stink into this dull oaim, as still as peace, as hopeless as the chaired logand white aslh upon the hearth, cold, never, to be quicken- ed again. Time passed, and at Length I raised ray. head, roused suddenly to the con-, sciou'sness thlat for a While there ,had been no stillness. The air was full of sound, .sho'ut's, savage cries, the beat- ing of, a drun, the .noise of m.u,slcebry; I sprang to my feet, and went to the door to meet` Ro7rfe cnossin'gt, the Ithrres,hoisi. He put his arm within ratline and drew me out into the sunshine' upon the clpors'tep. "'1 thought' I should finldyeu here," he said; b.ud it is only a •roomwith memories, ,Ralllplh. JO'ult here is neo:re'breadth, .'more height. There is country yett, Ralph, and after a while, friends: !The Indians ate be- ginning to mitadk in 'force Hum'p'hry B'o'yse iijs killed, end Morris Chaloner, There is smloke over the plantations tap and down the river, as far a's we can see, and. awhile ago the frody df a child drifted down to us." "13 am un caned," I said. 'I wvill, but run' to the fort for, sword and mustket"— "No need," he answered, "`There are the dead whom you' inlay rob." The noise increasing as 'Inc spoke. we made no further tarrying, but, Leaving behind_ es house an,d garden, ;hurried to the palisade. • (To be 'Contintied.) DR. F. J.' BURROWS, Seaford'. Office and residence, Goderich street, east of the United Chu1cb. Coroner for the County .of Huron, Telephone, No. 46: DR. F. J. R. FO'RIStTER-Eye, Esc Nose and Throat. - Graduate in Medi- cine, University of Toronto 1891. Late Assistant New York Ophthal- mic and Aural In'stitute, Moore'fleid's+ Eye, and Goulden Square throat hospi- tals, London, England. At Contr.- ercial Hate!, Seaforth, 3rd Monday; it= each month,' from 11 am: to 3 pa. DR, W. C. SIBROA'T —Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, University,"of Western Ontario, London., Meador of College of Physicians and Sur geons . of Ontario. Office in rear ,041 Aiberhart's drug • store; Seaford Phone 90. Hours 1.30-4 p.m., 7.311 -9 p.m. Other hours by appointtnes . Dental DR. 3. A. MUNIN, Successor to Dr. R. R. Ross, graduate of North- western iJniversity, Chicago, 141. 'centiate Royal College of Dental Sus, goons, Toronto. Office over SWI hardware, Main St., Seaforth. Phone 151.. DR. F: J. BIEOHEIJY, graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeoaa, Toronto. Office over W. R. Smit'h's grocery, Main St., Seaforth. Phones, office 185W, residence 1855. Auctioneer. IGIDOR1GE : ELLIOTT,. Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron Arrangements can be made for Sale Date at The Seaforth News. Charges, moderate and satisfaction guranteed. WATSON AND REMIT REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY (Suocssors to James 'Watson) MAII'N ST., &EAFORTH, ON'T, All lcinds of Insurance risks effect- ed at lowest 'rates in First -Crass Companies, THE NrcKILLOP i � Mutual Fire Insurance CIL HEAD OFFICESEAFORTH, Ont OFFICERS iGeo. R. McCartney, 6'eaforth Pres. James Connolly, Goderich r- Vice Pres Merton A. 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